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Zebrafish leopard gene as a component of the putative reaction-diffusion system.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Dec 1999
Asai R, Taguchi E, Kume Y, Saito M, Kondo S
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested, on a theoretical basis, that a reaction-diffusion (RD) mechanism underlies pigment pattern formation in animals, but as yet, there is no molecular evidence for the putative mechanism. Mutations in the zebrafish gene, leopard, change the pattern from stripes to spots. Interestingly each allele gives a characteristic pattern, which varies in spot size, density and connectivity. That mutations...
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